Systems and methods for selectively indexing blockchain operations by parsing raw blockchain data for relevant data prior to executing confirmatory function calls

ABSTRACT

Methods and systems for parsing and identifying unindexed parameters and other information (e.g., a token contract address) that may appear encoded in event data. Specifically, the system may retrieve bytecode for an identified blockchain operation (e.g., a transaction). The system may then segregate the bytecode into constructor arguments, code sections, and/or metadata. The system may then parse the segregated portions of bytecode for bytecode representations that are based on function signatures, event signatures, token standards, and/or contract addresses. In some embodiments, the system may further narrow the pool of known bytecode representations that are compared against the remaining sections of bytecode based on bytecode representations corresponding to a particular type of blockchain network standard.

BACKGROUND

In recent years, the use of blockchains and blockchain technology hasexponentially increased. Blockchains comprise a list of records, called“blocks,” that are “chained” together using cryptography. Each block maycomprise data that is computed using a one-way function (e.g., afunction that is practically impossible to invert or reverse-compute) ofa previous block, a timestamp (e.g., indicating a creation and/ormodification time), and additional data (e.g., transactional oroperational data related to blockchain operations).

While publicity for blockchains and blockchain technology has beenconcentrated on its use for cryptocurrencies and smart contracts,blockchains and blockchain technology may be applicable to numeroustechnological avenues. A common theme of the technological avenues isthe manner in which blockchains and blockchain technology aredecentralized such that facilitation, management, and/or verification ofblockchain-based operations is governed or administered not by any oneauthority but instead by a community of users. The blockchain maytherefore remain distributed (e.g., on a network of computers thatcommunicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages to oneanother), and in many cases public, through a digital ledger, whichrecords the series of blocks forming the chain. Notably, because eachblock depends on a preceding block, edits to existing blocks in thechain may not be made without affecting subsequent blocks.

Furthermore, updates to the blockchain (e.g., the addition of newblocks) may include incentivization systems that reward communitymembers for the generation of the updates while also ensuring aconsensus by the community. By doing so, the proliferation of theblockchain may proceed indefinitely.

SUMMARY

Methods and systems are described herein for novel uses and/orimprovements to blockchains and blockchain technology. As one example,methods and systems are described herein for improved indexing ofblockchains and blockchain operations, and in particular for detecting.For example, as the number, type, and/or complexity of blockchainoperations increases, these blockchain operations often need to access astate of the blockchain (e.g., reflecting recorded transactions andpositions of digital assets). However, determining a current state ofthe blockchain faces numerous technical problems. First, blockchainnetworks due not include a query language (i.e., a programming languagefor generating inquires to the blockchain network).

In view of this first technical problem, to access the state,conventional systems use indexing applications that fetch the rawblockchain data from a blockchain node, process the raw data, and storethe processed data in an organized manner. The processed data may thenbe accessed and searched in a more efficient way than directly referringto the blockchain. However, indexing applications face a secondtechnical problem when attempting to index blockchain data. Namely, thesequential nature of blocks does not allow for the storing of allinformation in one block of a blockchain. Instead, each block saves a“hash” of a previous block and is populated with new information.Accordingly, gathering all information related to a given smartcontract, blockchain operation history, etc., requires querying numerousprevious blocks in the blockchain to compile all historical information,which requires significant time and resource commitments.

To minimize the time and resource commitments, conventional systems relyon conventional token standards to determine how and what information isindexed. For example, in the Ethereum network, events generate threeparameters that are conventionally indexed: 1) a sent by address; 2) areceived by address; and 3) a sent by an address to a specific receivedaddress. However, an event may include any number of parameters and/ortoken contract addresses, which are left unindexed, and may be requiredfor new blockchain operations and/or applications. Conventional systemshave no means for indexing these additional parameters and/or tokencontract addresses, as well as compiling historical information aboutthese additional parameters and/or token contract addresses.

To overcome these technical deficiencies in conventional systems,methods and systems disclosed herein for parsing and identifyingunindexed parameters and other information (e.g., a token contractaddress) may appear encoded in event data. Specifically, the system mayretrieve bytecode for an identified blockchain operation (e.g., atransaction). The system may then segregate the bytecode intoconstructor arguments, code sections, and/or metadata. The system maythen parse the segregated portions of bytecode for bytecoderepresentations that are based on function signatures, event signatures,token standards, and/or contract addresses. In some embodiments, thesystem may further narrow the pool of known bytecode representationsthat are compared against the remaining sections of bytecode based onbytecode representations corresponding to a particular type ofblockchain network standard.

In some aspects, systems and methods for generating bytecoderepresentations used to identifying unindexed parameters and otherinformation in raw blockchain data are described. For example, thesystem may retrieve a first indicium of a plurality of indicia ofbytecode representations that correspond to a first type of blockchainnetwork standard of a blockchain network, wherein the plurality ofindicia are based on: retrieving a plurality of bytecode samplescorresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard of theblockchain network; and parsing the plurality of bytecode samples toidentify the plurality of indicia of bytecode representations thatcorrespond to the first type of blockchain network standard. The systemmay retrieve a first bytecode sample corresponding to a first block ofthe blockchain network. The system may compare the first indicium to thefirst bytecode sample to determine a first probability that the firstblock comprises a first bytecode representation corresponding to thefirst type of blockchain network standard. The system may compare thefirst probability to a threshold probability. The system may, inresponse, determine that the first probability equals or exceeds thethreshold probability, and identify a first bytecode representation inthe first bytecode sample.

To further exacerbate the technical problems discussed above, generatingdatabase indexes for historical transactions is problematic, ashistorical indexing often needs to be limited to particular contractaddresses, which are only in the admitted logs (e.g., raw blockchaindata). As stated above, conventional indexing applications do not indexthis information, as they rely on conventional token standards todetermine how and what information is indexed, which is limited to: 1) asent by address; 2) a received by address; and 3) a sent by an addressto a specific received address.

In view of this, the methods and systems described herein relate toimproved historical indexing of transactions related to a particulartoken. Specifically, the system may retrieve raw blockchain data. Thesystem may then parse the raw blockchain data to identify a bytecoderepresentation of a contract address. The system may then compare knownbytecode representations of contract addresses (e.g., contract addressesthat have been previously indexed) to the remaining sections of thebytecode by iterating through known contract addresses (e.g.,corresponding to different standards) to determine if this contractaddress has been previously indexed. If the contract address has beenpreviously indexed, the event data for the transaction is retrieved andindexed. If the contract address has been previously indexed, the systemgenerates a new known contract address.

In some aspects, systems and methods for indexing blockchain operationsbased on identifying unindexed parameters and other information in rawblockchain data samples are described. For example, the system mayretrieve a first bytecode sample corresponding to a first blockchainoperation in a first block of a blockchain network. The system may parsethe first bytecode sample to identify a first bytecode representationcorresponding to a first contract address. The system, in response toidentifying the first bytecode representation, may compare the firstcontract address to a plurality of known contract addresses to determinewhether the first contract address is included in the plurality of knowncontract addresses. The system may, in response to determining that thefirst contract address is included in the plurality of known contractaddresses, may retrieve a first known contract address for the firstcontract address. The system may index, using an indexing application,the first block by recording the first blockchain operation ascorresponding to the first known contract address.

To further exacerbate the technical problems discussed above, while manyindexes parse a blockchain for relevant smart contracts (e.g., contractscorresponding to a particular standard), some relevant contracts may notconform to the standard. For example, some ERC-721 contracts do notfollow the standard as they were deployed before the ERC-721 standardwas confirmed. This presents an additional technical problem forindexing applications, both when identifying relevant contracts, andwhen testing any deployed contract without spending gas. Conventionalsolutions to this problem include using either a live testing technique(e.g., deploying a smart contract written explicitly for testing to themainnet and then calling that contract) or using an estimateGas function(e.g., a native network function used to determine the gas fee of atransaction without committing the transaction). However, both solutionsare time consuming and require testing on an individual smart contractlevel. Another conventional solution is to identify every contract thatincludes at least one compliant transfer event. However, this solutionmay return too many potential smart contracts (i.e., smart contractscorresponding to the desired standard, but also many undesiredstandards). This technical problem is only exacerbated as new standardsare created that include at least one compliant transfer event. Thus,these solutions are ill-fitted for parsing the nearly unlimited amountof committed smart contracts that may be relevant.

In contrast to the aforementioned conventional solutions, the methodsand systems described herein provide for a novel approach to blockchainparsing and overcome the aforementioned technical challenges. That is,the methods and systems do not require live testing, use of theestimateGas function, and do not result in the overwhelming number offalse positives found in relying on compliant transfer events.Specifically, the system retrieves a plurality of standard-specificconstants (e.g., “ERC721 EIP165ID”). Next, the system evokes anapplication binary interface (ABI) encoding function to generate abytecode representation for the standard-specific private constraints(e.g., “abi.encodeWithSignature( . . . )”). Upon detecting that bytecodefor a given smart contract includes the bytecode representations, thesystem confirms that the given smart contract is of the relevant typeusing a function that does not allow a state change operation to theblockchain (e.g., “contractAddress.staticcall . . . ”).

In some aspects, systems and methods for selectively indexing blockchainoperations by parsing raw blockchain data for relevant smart contractsprior to executing confirmatory function calls are described. Forexample, the system may receive a first input, wherein the first inputindicates a first type of blockchain network standard of a plurality oftypes of blockchain network standards for detection. The system may, inresponse to receiving the first input, determine a firststandard-specific constant corresponding to the first type of blockchainnetwork standard. The system may generate a first bytecoderepresentation of the first standard-specific constant. The system mayretrieve a first bytecode sample corresponding to a first block of ablockchain network. The system may parse the first bytecode sample usingthe first bytecode representation to determine a first probability thatthe first block comprises a first blockchain operation corresponding tothe first type of blockchain network standard. The system may comparethe first probability to a threshold probability. The system may, inresponse, determine that the first probability equals or exceeds thethreshold probability, and execute a first function on the first blockto confirm that the first blockchain operation corresponds to the firsttype of blockchain network standard.

Various other aspects, features, and advantages of the invention will beapparent through the detailed description of the invention and thedrawings attached hereto. It is also to be understood that both theforegoing general description and the following detailed description areexamples and are not restrictive of the scope of the invention. As usedin the specification and in the claims, the singular forms of “a,” “an,”and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictatesotherwise. In addition, as used in the specification and the claims, theterm “or” means “and/or” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.Additionally, as used in the specification, “a portion” refers to a partof, or the entirety of (i.e., the entire portion), a given item (e.g.,data) unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A shows illustrative pseudocode for executing a blockchainoperation and/or other function at a blockchain node, in accordance withone or more embodiments.

FIG. 1B shows illustrative pseudocode for logging a change of state to ablockchain, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 1C shows illustrative pseudocode representing a blockchainoperation of a call on a smart contract, in accordance with one or moreembodiments.

FIG. 1D shows an illustrative bytecode sample, in accordance with one ormore embodiments.

FIG. 2 shows an illustrative diagram for conducting blockchainoperations, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 3 shows an illustrative diagram for a decentralized application, inaccordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 4 shows an illustrative diagram for conducting operations in adecentralized application using blockchain operations, in accordancewith one or more embodiments.

FIG. 5 shows an illustrative diagram for a blockchain indexer, inaccordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the steps involved in selectively indexingblockchain operations, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of the steps involved in indexing blockchainoperations, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of the steps involved in generating bytecoderepresentations, in accordance with one or more embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerousspecific details are set forth in order to provide a thoroughunderstanding of the embodiments of the invention. It will beappreciated, however, by those having skill in the art, that theembodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specificdetails or with an equivalent arrangement. In other cases, well-knownstructures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoidunnecessarily obscuring the embodiments of the invention.

Methods and systems are described herein for novel uses and/orimprovements to blockchains and blockchain technology. As one example,methods and systems are described herein for improved indexing ofblockchains and blockchain operations. For example, as the number, type,and/or complexity of blockchain operations increases, these blockchainoperations often need to access a state of the blockchain (e.g.,reflecting recorded transactions and positions of digital assets). Toaccess the state, conventional systems use indexing applications thatfetch the raw blockchain data from a blockchain node, process the rawdata, and store the processed data in an organized manner. The processeddata may then be accessed and searched in a more efficient way thandirectly referring to the blockchain.

Conventional systems, however, rely on conventional token standards forwhat information is indexed. For example, in the Ethereum network,events generate three parameters that are conventionally indexed: 1) asent by address; 2) a received by address; and 3) a sent by an addressto a specific received address. However, an event may include any numberof parameters, which are left unindexed, and may be required for newblockchain operations and/or applications. Conventional systems have nomeans for indexing these additional parameters.

Additionally, the serially nature of blockchains in which linked dataresides across numerous blocks causes there to be no built-in mechanismto identify, categorize, and/or query the blockchain for specific data.The methods and systems described herein relate to improvements to theindexing of the blockchain in order to allow users to search theblockchain for specific transactions, smart contracts, and/or othercharacteristics.

FIG. 1A shows illustrative pseudocode for executing a blockchainoperation and/or other function at a blockchain node, in accordance withone or more embodiments. For example, pseudocode 100 may representpseudocode used for performing one or more functions in Ethereum. Theone or more functions may be used to perform blockchain operations. Asreferred to herein, “blockchain operations” may comprise any operationsincluding and/or related to blockchains and blockchain technology. Forexample, blockchain operations may include conducting transactions,querying a distributed ledger, generating additional blocks for ablockchain, transmitting communications-related nonfungible tokens,performing encryption/decryption, exchanging public/private keys, and/orother operations related to blockchains and blockchain technology. Insome embodiments, a blockchain operation may comprise the creation,modification, detection, and/or execution of a smart contract or programstored on a blockchain. For example, a smart contract may comprise aprogram stored on a blockchain that is executed (e.g., automatically,without any intermediary's involvement or time loss) when one or morepredetermined conditions are met. In some embodiments, a blockchainoperation may comprise the creation, modification, exchange, and/orreview of a token (e.g., a digital asset-specific blockchain), includinga nonfungible token. A nonfungible token may comprise a token that isassociated with a good, a service, a smart contract, and/or othercontent that may be verified by, and stored using, blockchaintechnology.

In some embodiments, blockchain operations may also comprise actionsrelated to mechanisms that facilitate other blockchain operations (e.g.,actions related to metering activities for blockchain operations on agiven blockchain network). For example, Ethereum, which is anopen-source, globally decentralized computing infrastructure thatexecutes smart contracts, uses a blockchain to synchronize and store thesystem's state changes. Ethereum uses a network-specific cryptocurrencycalled ether to meter and constrain execution resource costs. Themetering mechanism is referred to as “gas.” As the system executes asmart contract, the system accounts for every blockchain operation(e.g., computation, data access, transaction, etc.). Each blockchainoperation has a predetermined cost in units of gas (e.g., as determinedbased on a predefined set of rules for the system). When a blockchainoperation triggers the execution of a smart contract, the blockchainoperation may include an amount of gas that sets the upper limit of whatcan be consumed in running the smart contract. The system may terminateexecution of the smart contract if the amount of gas consumed bycomputation exceeds the gas available in the blockchain operation. Forexample, in Ethereum, gas comprises a mechanism for allowingTuring-complete computation while limiting the resources that any smartcontract and/or blockchain operation may consume.

In some embodiments, gas may be obtained as part of a blockchainoperation (e.g., a purchase) using a network-specific cryptocurrency(e.g., ether in the case of Ethereum). The system may require gas (orthe amount of the network-specific cryptocurrency corresponding to therequired amount of gas) to be transmitted with the blockchain operationas an earmark to the blockchain operation. In some embodiments, gas thatis earmarked for a blockchain operation may be refunded back to theoriginator of the blockchain operation if, after the computation isexecuted, an amount remains unused.

For example, the system may execute pseudocode 100 to perform one ormore blockchain operations. In some embodiments, the system may also useone or more ABIs. An ABI is an interface between two program modules,often between operating systems and user programs. ABIs may be specificto a blockchain protocol. For example, an Ethereum virtual machine (EVM)is a core component of the Ethereum network, and a smart contract may bea piece of code stored on the Ethereum blockchain, which are executed onEVM. Smart contracts may be written in high-level languages such asSolidity or Vyper, and may be compiled in EVM-executable bytecode by thesystem. Upon deployment of the smart contract, the bytecode is stored onthe blockchain and is associated with an address. To access functionsdefined in high-level languages, the system translates names andarguments into byte representations for byte code to work with it. Tointerpret the bytes sent in response, the system converts back to thetuple (e.g., a finite ordered list of elements) of return values definedin higher-level languages. Languages that compile for the EVM maintainstrict conventions about these conversions, but in order to performthem, the system must maintain the precise names and types associatedwith the operations. The ABI documents these names and types precisely,and in an easily parseable format, doing translations betweenhuman-intended method calls and smart contract operations discoverableand reliable.

For example, ABI defines the methods and structures used to interactwith the binary contract similar to an API, but on a lower-level. TheABI indicates the caller function used to encode needed information,such as function signatures and variable declarations, in a format thatthe EVM can understand. ABI encoding may be automated by the systemusing compilers or wallets interacting with the blockchain.

As shown in FIG. 1A, pseudocode 100 includes functions that may causeone or more events (e.g., as described in FIG. 1B) to be generated. Forexample, parameter 102 may cause a smart contract implementing thecorresponding function to fire the event. As such, when the blockchainoperation is processed for that function, the logged event will also beincluded in the mined block, along with the parameter data it is calledwith.

FIG. 1B shows illustrative pseudocode for logging a change of state to ablockchain, in accordance with one or more embodiments. For example,pseudocode 130 may represent pseudocode used for one or more events inEthereum. For example, pseudocode 130 may include a transfer event(e.g., event 132) and an approval event (e.g., event 134). Events may besignals that the smart contracts may generate. An indexer (or othercomponent connected to a blockchain network) may monitor for theseevents and the event parameters. The indexer may then index the event inan event history so that it may be searched for later. However,pseudocode 130 gives an example based on conventional token standardsfor what information is indexed. For example, in the present case (e.g.,based on the Ethereum ERC-20 standard), events generate three parametersthat are conventionally indexed, such as a sent by address (e.g.,parameter 136), a received by address (e.g., parameter 138), and atransferred amount (e.g., parameter 140). The system may also record asent by address to a specific received by address (e.g., based onparameter 136 and parameter 138). However, an event may include anynumber of parameters, which are left unindexed, and may be required fornew blockchain operations and/or applications. Conventional systems haveno means for indexing these additional parameters. As one example,conventional systems have no means for indexing a contract address.

For example, a smart contract address refers to an address location ofthe actual token contract that manages the logic for the smart contract.This address is distinguishable from a sent by address (e.g., parameter136) and a received by address (e.g., parameter 138). Additionally, thesmart contract address is not indexed in an event (e.g., an event shownin pseudocode 130). The smart contract address may be needed to reviewinformation about a smart contract, such as a current balance and/or thesmart contract details. For example, the smart contract may correspondto a contract account on a given blockchain network.

As an example, the smart contract may be programmed using a programminglanguage that is native to and/or developed for a given blockchain. Forexample, a smart contract for Ethereum may be written in Solidity, whichis a statically-typed curly-braces programming language designed fordeveloping smart contracts that run on Ethereum language and is designedfor running on the EVM. The contract account may be comprised of aseries of functions (contract functions such as those shown in FIG. 1A)and data (contract status). The smart contract may be stored at thesmart contract address on the respective blockchain, which manages thelogic for the tokens.

Additionally, parameter 136 and parameter 138 are labeled as “indexed”in pseudocode 130. The indexed keyword causes the virtual machineexecuting the smart contract to place the argument in the topics sectionof the event data, which allows them to be easily searched and filteredbased on that data. However, in some blockchains (e.g., Ethereum) eachevent is limited to a total of three indexed topics, while unindexedparameters appear encoded in the event data.

In some embodiments, the system may also use one or more ABIs. The ABImay be an interface between two program modules, often between operatingsystems and user programs. ABIs may be specific to a blockchainprotocol. For example, an EVM is a core component of the Ethereumnetwork, and a smart contract may be a piece of code stored on theEthereum blockchain, which are executed on EVM. Smart contracts writtenin high-level languages like Solidity or Vyper may be compiled inEVM-executable bytecode by the system. Upon deployment of the smartcontract, the bytecode is stored on the blockchain and is associatedwith an address. To access functions defined in high-level languages,the system translates names and arguments into byte representations forbyte code to work with it. To interpret the bytes sent in response, thesystem converts back to the tuple (e.g., a finite ordered list ofelements) of return values defined in higher-level languages. Languagesthat compile for the EVM maintain strict conventions about theseconversions, but in order to perform them, the system must maintain theprecise names and types associated with the operations. The ABIdocuments these names and types precisely, and in an easily parseableformat, doing translations between human-intended method calls and smartcontract operations discoverable and reliable.

FIG. 1C shows illustrative pseudocode representing a blockchainoperation of a call on a smart contract, in accordance with one or moreembodiments. For example, based on a smart contract and blockchainoperations (e.g., transactions) conducted with the smart contract, anevent log may be generated by loading the blockchain operation of thecall that generated the event.

The event log may be based on call 152 as shown in FIG. 1C. In response,the system may generate log 154. Log 154 may include various encodedinformation. For example, event topics 156 may include encodedsignatures of the event and the addresses of the accounts involved inthe blockchain operation (e.g., event topics 156 includes threeparameters). Log 154 may also include an additional data field (e.g.,field 158), which may include additional data for unindexed parameters.

For example, event topics 156 may comprise a signature (e.g., akeccak256 hash) of the name of the event that occurred in the smartcontract, including the types (uint256, string, etc.) of its parameters.However, as topics (e.g., event topic 156) hold a maximum of 32 bytes ofdata, conventional data structures such as arrays or strings may not beused as topics reliably and are instead recorded in a data log.

Log 154 may also include a hash (e.g., hash 160). For example, a hash isa mathematical function that converts an input of arbitrary length intoan encrypted output of a fixed length (e.g., hash 160). For example,regardless of the original amount of data or file size involved, aunique hash will always be the same size. Moreover, hashes cannot beused to “reverse-engineer” the input from the hashed output, since hashfunctions are “one-way.” However, the same function on the same datawill generate the same hash. Thus, the system may validate that the datais the same (e.g., unaltered) if the system already knows its hash.

Each blockchain block may comprise a blockhash (e.g., blockhash 160),which is a reference number for the block in the blockchain. Forexample, each block may contain the hash of the block header of theprevious block, ensuring that nothing has been tampered with as newblocks are added.

FIG. 1D shows an illustrative bytecode sample, in accordance with one ormore embodiments. For example, FIG. 1D includes a bytecode sample (e.g.,bytecode 180). For example, bytecode 180 may comprise a bytecode samplecorresponding to a first blockchain operation in a first block of ablockchain network. Bytecode 180 may comprise bytecode that was compiledbased on another programming language (e.g., Solidity). Bytecode 180 maycomprise a bytecode outputted by an EVM. For example, EVM bytecode is alow-level programming language which is compiled from a high-levelprogramming language, such as Solidity. EVM is a virtual machine placedbetween operating system and application layer to mitigate operatingsystem dependency. For example, bytecode 180 may comprise a HEX formatof a runtime bytecode (e.g., a binary string). That is, bytecode 180 mayrepresent bytecode prior to being output by an ABI. Bytecode 190 maycomprise bytecode 180 after being output by an ABI.

While bytecode 180 is not human readable, the system may parse bytecode180 to identify a bytecode representation. For example, a bytecoderepresentation may comprise a section of a bytecode sample that mayindicate function signatures, event signatures, token standards, and/orcontract addresses. For example, the system may detect bytecoderepresentation 182 and based on bytecode representation 182, determinethat bytecode 180 corresponds to one or more function signatures, eventsignatures, token standards, and/or contract addresses.

For example, bytecode 180, while not human readable, is based on EVMopcodes. An opcode is an instruction of the EVM. Each opcode itself isan 8-bit unsigned integer. For example, means STOP, 0x01 means ADD. Forexample, bytecode 180 includes bytecode representation 182. Bytecoderepresentation 182 may be deconstructed based on the EVM opcodes asshown:

-   -   00: 6080 PUSH1 0x80    -   02: 6040 PUSH1 0x40    -   04: 52 MSTORE

From bytecode representation 182, the system may determine that bytecode180 includes two EVM opcodes (e.g., “PUSH1” and “MSTORE”). Each opcodeincludes an instructions. For example, PUSH1 instructs the system topush a 1-byte integer into the stack for future use, whereas MSTOREsaves a word to memory. As such, the first two PUSH1 opcodes will push0x80 and into the stack. MSTORE will then use the two items in the stackfor the memory write operation.

For example, the system may identify a combination of characters (e.g.,representing bytecode representation 182). The system may use thepresence of bytecode representation 182, a location of the bytecoderepresentation 182 within the bytecode 180, and/or the presence (and/orlocation) of other bytecode representations (e.g., bytecoderepresentation 184 and bytecode representation 186) to determine one ormore function signatures, event signatures, token standards, and/orcontract addresses corresponding to bytecode 180.

Furthermore, the system may detect individual characters, combination ofcharacters, and/or the location of the characters and/or combinations asindicia of bytecode representations. For example, the system may detectcharacter strings of variable or fixed lengths and locations withinbytecode of the character strings to determine a probability of abytecode representation (e.g., bytecode representation 182) in abytecode sample (e.g., bytecode 180). For example, a location ofbytecode representation 182 near the beginning of bytecode 180 may causethe system to determine that bytecode representation 182 relates to adifferent function signature, event signature, token standard, and/orcontract address (e.g., blockchain characteristics) than bytecoderepresentation 186, as bytecode representation 186 is near the end ofbytecode 180.

The system may then compare the current blockchain operationcharacteristics to the retrieved values (or confidence thresholds basedon the retrieved values) for indicia, bytecode samples, and/or bytecoderepresentations (e.g., blockchain characteristics). For example, thesystem may generate one or more thresholds (e.g., a thresholdcorresponding to a given likelihood that one or more indicia, bytecodesamples, and/or bytecode representations correspond to one or more otherindicia, bytecode samples, and/or bytecode representations). Thethresholds may be based on meeting a certain percentile of a probabilitythat the two data sets match, correspond, and/or are similar.

Similarly, the system may process compiled and decompiled code. Forexample, as with the analysis of bytecode 180, the system may alsoprocess bytecode 190 and/or identify a function signature, eventsignature, token standard, and/or contract address based on bytecoderepresentations in bytecode 190 (e.g., bytecode representation 188). Insuch cases, the system may identify keywords, semantic annotations,tags, and/or attributes (e.g., blockchain characteristics) in thesamples.

For example, the system may identify a plurality of indicia of bytecoderepresentations that correspond to a first type of blockchain networkstandard of a blockchain network. The system may identify patterns inbytecode sample to assign weights to different indicia and to detectknown bytecode representations. For example, the system may retrieve aplurality of bytecode samples corresponding to the first type ofblockchain network standard of the blockchain network. The system maythen parse the plurality of bytecode samples to identify the pluralityof indicia of bytecode representations that correspond to the first typeof blockchain network standard.

In some embodiments, the system may use one or more artificialintelligence and/or machine learning models (referred to hereincollectively as “model”) to identify the plurality of indicia and/orbytecode representation. Additionally or alternatively, the system mayuse one or more artificial intelligence and/or machine learning modelsto detect the patterns of indicia and bytecode representation, forexample, determine what indicia and/or patterns indicate one or morefunction signatures, event signatures, token standards, and/or contractaddresses corresponding to bytecode 180.

In some embodiments, the system may use an artificial intelligence ormachine learning model to determine a probability related to thepresence of patterns, indicia, and bytecode representation, and/orwhether to determine what indicia and/or patterns indicate one or morefunction signatures, event signatures, token standards, and/or contractaddresses corresponding to bytecode 180. For example, the determinationmay be an output shown on a user device and/or an output sent to anothersystem component.

Additionally or alternatively, the system may compare and contrast theinformation using natural language processing. For example, the systemmay use fuzzy logic and/or other techniques for comparing linguisticand/or categorical variables. Based on the comparison of the humanreadable and/or machine-readable code, the system may find commoncharacteristics between indicia, bytecode samples, and/or bytecoderepresentations. In such cases, the machine learning model may determinekeyword similarities and/or semantic closeness between keywords in thefirst and second indicia, bytecode samples, and/or bytecoderepresentations, respectively, or the first and second blockchainsoperations. For example, the system may then retrieve a first keywordfor labeled indicia, bytecode samples, and/or bytecode representationsand retrieve a second keyword for unknown indicia, bytecode samples,and/or bytecode representations. The system may then determine a firstsimilarity between the first keyword and the second keyword. Forexample, the system may determine a vector space distance between twotextual entities (keywords, hashes, documents, etc.). The system maythen compare the first similarity to a threshold similarity. The systemmay then determine that the first keyword and the second keywordcorrespond based on the first similarity equaling or exceeding thethreshold similarity (and not correspond otherwise).

For example, a model may take inputs and provide outputs. The inputs mayinclude multiple data sets, such as a training data set and a test dataset. This training data may comprise a labeled training data pulled froman indexing application that indicates indicia, bytecode, and/orbytecode representations (e.g., blockchain characteristics). Based onthe indicia, bytecode, and/or bytecode representations, the system maydetermine a probability for attributing to a given blockchain operationand/or bytecode sample based on detected indicia, bytecode, and/orbytecode representations (e.g., within a percentile of probability).

In some embodiments, the training data set and test data set may bedivided from a set of available and/or historical data. The split may be60-80% training data and 20-40% testing data (e.g., for in-timevalidation). For example, the system may adjust the split based onnumerous factors. For example, the test data set is used by the systemto measure the performance in a real scenario on unseen data.Accordingly, the system may modify the split based on how much is neededfor an accurate measurement, which further depends on the level ofaccuracy needed and the amount of variance expected. In some instances,if the total amount of training data is low, the system may reduce orincrease the amount of training data in the split.

In one use case, outputs may be fed back to a model as input to trainthe model (e.g., alone or in conjunction with user indications of theaccuracy of outputs, labels associated with the inputs, or with otherreference feedback information). In another use cases, a model mayupdate its configurations (e.g., weights, biases, or other parameters)based on its assessment of its prediction (e.g., outputs) and referencefeedback information (e.g., user indication of accuracy, referencelabels, or other information). In another use case, where a model is aneural network, connection weights may be adjusted to reconciledifferences between the neural network's prediction and the referencefeedback. In a further use case, one or more neurons (or nodes) of theneural network may require that their respective errors be sent backwardthrough the neural network to them in order to facilitate the updateprocess (e.g., backpropagation of error). Updates to the connectionweights may, for example, be reflective of the magnitude of errorpropagated backward after a forward pass has been completed. In thisway, for example, the model may be trained to generate betterpredictions (e.g., recommendations).

In some embodiments, in order to provide this, the system may use anindividual data point and an XGBoost algorithm to generate real-timepredictions of the solution of a linear programming optimization. Thesystem may first pull a full set of historical blockchain data and runlinear programming solving on it to determine the optimal value for agiven blockchain characteristic (e.g., indicia, bytecode, and/orbytecode representations required to ensure a given probability). Thesystem may then use a reversely built XGBoost model to predict theoptimal value for each of the data points given certain predictors. Theadvantage of this is that the system may achieve real-time scoring ofincoming data points without the need to collect a full set ofblockchain data.

FIG. 2 shows an illustrative diagram for conducting blockchainoperations, in accordance with one or more embodiments. For example, thediagram presents various components that may be used to facilitateblockchain operations in some embodiments. FIG. 2 includes user device202. User device 202 may include a user interface. As referred toherein, a “user interface” may comprise a mechanism for human-computerinteraction and communication in a device and may include displayscreens, keyboards, a mouse, and the appearance of a desktop. Forexample, a user interface may comprise a way a user interacts with anapplication or website in order to facilitate blockchain operations, andthe user interface may display content related to blockchain operations.As referred to herein, “content” should be understood to mean anelectronically consumable user asset, representations of goods orservices (including nonfungible tokens), Internet content (e.g.,streaming content, downloadable content, webcasts, etc.), video data,audio data, image data, and/or textual data, etc.

As shown in FIG. 2 , system 200 may include multiple user devices (e.g.,user device 202, user device 208, and/or user device 210). For example,system 200 may comprise a distributed state machine, in which each ofthe components in FIG. 2 acts as a client of system 200. For example,system 200 (as well as other systems described herein) may comprise alarge data structure that holds not only all accounts and balances butalso a state machine, which can change from block to block according toa predefined set of rules and which can execute arbitrary machine code.The specific rules of changing state from block to block may bemaintained by a virtual machine (e.g., a computer file implemented onand/or accessible by a user device, which behaves like an actualcomputer) for the system.

It should be noted that, while shown as a smartphone, a personalcomputer, and a server in FIG. 2 , the user devices may be any type ofcomputing device, including, but not limited to, a laptop computer, atablet computer, a hand-held computer, and/or other computing equipment(e.g., a server), including “smart,” wireless, wearable, and/or mobiledevices. It should be noted that embodiments describing system 200performing a blockchain operation may equally be applied to, andcorrespond to, an individual user device (e.g., user device 202, userdevice 208, and/or user device 210) performing the blockchain operation.That is, system 200 may correspond to the user devices (e.g., userdevice 202, user device 208, and/or user device 210) collectively orindividually.

Each of the user devices may be used by the system to conduct blockchainoperations and/or contribute to indexing blockchain operations. As shownin FIG. 2 , one or more user devices may include a digital wallet (e.g.,digital wallet 204) used to perform blockchain operations. For example,the digital wallet may comprise a repository that allows users to store,manage, and trade their cryptocurrencies and assets, interact withblockchains, and/or conduct blockchain operations using one or moreapplications. The digital wallet may be specific to a given blockchainprotocol or may provide access to multiple blockchain protocols. In someembodiments, the system may use various types of wallets such as hotwallets and cold wallets. Hot wallets are connected to the Internet,while cold wallets are not. Most digital wallet holders hold both a hotwallet and a cold wallet. Hot wallets are most often used to performblockchain operations, while a cold wallet is generally used formanaging a user account and may have no connection to the Internet.

As referred to herein, a cryptography-based digital repository or “acryptography-based storage application” may refer to a digital wallet. Adigital wallet may comprise a software-based system that securely (andtypically in an encrypted format) stores a user's confidentialinformation, personal information, payment information, and/or passwordsfor numerous payment methods and websites. By using a digital wallet,users can complete communications, purchases, and/or other blockchainoperations easily and securely without risking the information becomingpublic or subject to a cyberattack. For example, the system may use thecombination of a public key, a first partial key, and a second partialkey to perform blockchain operations. For example, the system may use auser account that corresponds to an account for the blockchain platformservice. For example, as opposed to a non-custodial cryptography-basedstorage application, which may correspond to a user without athird-party intermediary, the user account may correspond to athird-party intermediary (e.g., the platform service). By having a useraccount that corresponds to the platform service that is separate anddistinct from a non-custodial, cryptography-based storage application,the system may provide additional features that would not be possiblewith conventional blockchain operations. For example, the system mayaugment and/or modify blockchain operations prior to completion in orderto prevent fraud, verify user intent, and/or otherwise increasesecurity. Additionally or alternatively, by having a user account thatcorresponds to the platform service that is separate and distinct from anon-custodial, cryptography-based storage application, the system mayprovide a single user access to multiple custodial, cryptography-basedstorage applications, using a single account for the platform service.

As shown in FIG. 2 , one or more user devices may include a private key(e.g., key 212) and/or digital signature. For example, system 200 mayuse cryptographic systems for conducting blockchain operations. Forexample, system 200 may use public key cryptography, which features apair of digital keys (e.g., which may comprise strings of data). In suchcases, each pair comprises a public key (e.g., which may be public) anda private key (e.g., which may be kept private). System 200 may generatethe key pairs using cryptographic algorithms (e.g., featuring one-wayfunctions). System 200 may then encrypt a message (or other blockchainoperation) using an intended receiver's public key such that theencrypted message may be decrypted only with the receiver'scorresponding private key. In some embodiments, system 200 may combine amessage with a private key to create a digital signature on the message.For example, the digital signature may be used to verify theauthenticity of blockchain operations. As an illustration, whenconducting blockchain operations, system 200 may use the digitalsignature to prove to every node in the system that it is authorized toconduct the blockchain operations.

For example, system 200 may comprise a plurality of nodes for theblockchain network. Each node may correspond to a user device (e.g.,user device 208). A node for a blockchain network may comprise anapplication or other software that records and/or monitors peerconnections to other nodes and/or miners for the blockchain network. Forexample, a miner comprises a node in a blockchain network thatfacilitates blockchain operations by verifying blockchain operations onthe blockchain, adding new blocks to the existing chain, and/or ensuringthat these additions are accurate. The nodes may continually record thestate of the blockchain and respond to remote procedure requests forinformation about the blockchain.

For example, user device 208 may request a blockchain operation (e.g.,conduct a transaction). The blockchain operation may be authenticated byuser device 208 and/or another node (e.g., a user device in thecommunity network of system 200). For example, using cryptographic keys,system 200 may identify users and give access to their respective useraccounts (e.g., corresponding digital wallets) within system 200. Usingprivate keys (e.g., known only to the respective users) and public keys(e.g., known to the community network), system 200 may create digitalsignatures to authenticate the users.

Following an authentication of the blockchain operation (e.g., using key212), the blockchain operation may be authorized. For example, after theblockchain operation is authenticated between the users, system 200 mayauthorize the blockchain operation prior to adding it to the blockchain.System 200 may add the blockchain operation to blockchain 206. System200 may perform this based on a consensus of the user devices withinsystem 200. For example, system 200 may rely on a majority (or othermetric) of the nodes in the community network (e.g., user device 202,user device 208, and/or user device 210) to determine that theblockchain operation is valid. In response to validation of the block, anode user device (e.g., user device 202, user device 208, and/or userdevice 210) in the community network (e.g., a miner) may receive areward (e.g., in a given cryptocurrency) as an incentive for validatingthe block.

To validate the blockchain operation, system 200 may use one or morevalidation protocols and/or validation mechanisms. For example, system200 may use a proof-of-work mechanism in which a user device mustprovide evidence that it performed computational work to validate ablockchain operation, and thus, this mechanism provides a manner forachieving consensus in a decentralized manner, as well as preventingfraudulent validations. For example, the proof-of-work mechanism mayinvolve iterations of a hashing algorithm. The user device that issuccessful aggregates and records blockchain operations from a mempool(e.g., a collection of all valid blockchain operations waiting to beconfirmed by the blockchain network) into the next block. Alternatively,or additionally, system 200 may use a proof-of-stake mechanism in whicha user account (e.g., corresponding to a node on the blockchain network)is required to have, or “stake,” a predetermined amount of tokens inorder for system 200 to recognize it as a validator in the blockchainnetwork.

In response to validation of the block, the block is added to blockchain206, and the blockchain operation is completed. For example, to add theblockchain operation to blockchain 206, the successful node (e.g., thesuccessful miner) encapsulates the blockchain operation in a new blockbefore transmitting the block throughout system 200.

FIG. 3 shows an illustrative diagram for a decentralized application, inaccordance with one or more embodiments. For example, in someembodiments, system 300 may facilitate blockchain operations within adecentralized application environment. A decentralized application maycomprise an application that exists on a blockchain (e.g., blockchain302) and/or a peer-to-peer network (e.g., network 306). That is, adecentralized application may comprise an application that has a backend that is in part powered by a decentralized peer-to-peer network suchas a decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contractfunctionality.

For example, network 306 may allow user devices (e.g., user device 304)within network 306 to share files and access. In particular, thepeer-to-peer architecture of network 306 allows blockchain operations(e.g., corresponding to blockchain 302) to be conducted between the userdevices in the network, without the need of any intermediaries orcentral authorities.

In some embodiments, the user devices of system 300 may comprise one ormore cloud components. For example, cloud components may be implementedas a cloud computing system and may feature one or more componentdevices. It should also be noted that system 300 is not limited to fourdevices. Users may, for instance, utilize one or more devices tointeract with one another, one or more servers, or other components ofsystem 300. It should be further noted that while one or more operations(e.g., blockchain operations) are described herein as being performed bya particular component (e.g., user device 304) of system 300, thoseoperations may, in some embodiments, be performed by other components ofsystem 300. As an example, while one or more operations are describedherein as being performed by components of user device 304, thoseoperations may, in some embodiments, be performed by one or more cloudcomponents. In some embodiments, the various computers and systemsdescribed herein may include one or more computing devices that areprogrammed to perform the described functions. Additionally, oralternatively, multiple users may interact with system 300 and/or one ormore components of system 300. For example, in one embodiment, a firstuser and a second user may interact with system 300 using two differentcomponents (e.g., user device 304 and user device 308, respectively).Additionally, or alternatively, a single user (and/or a user accountlinked to a single user) may interact with system 300 and/or one or morecomponents of system 300 using two different components (e.g., userdevice 304 and user device 308, respectively).

With respect to the components of system 300, each of these devices mayreceive content and data via input/output (hereinafter “I/O”) pathsusing I/O circuitry. Each of these devices may also include processorsand/or control circuitry to send and receive commands, requests, andother suitable data using the I/O paths. The control circuitry maycomprise any suitable processing, storage, and/or I/O circuitry. Each ofthese devices may also include a user input interface and/or user outputinterface (e.g., a display) for use in receiving and displaying data.For example, as shown in FIG. 3 , both user device 308 and user device310 include a display upon which to display data (e.g., content relatedto one or more blockchain operations).

Additionally, the devices in system 300 may run an application (oranother suitable program). The application may cause the processorsand/or control circuitry to perform operations related to blockchainoperations within a decentralized application environment.

Each of these devices may also include electronic storages. Theelectronic storages may include non-transitory storage media thatelectronically stores information. The electronic storage media of theelectronic storages may include one or both of (i) system storage thatis provided integrally (e.g., is substantially non-removable) withservers or client devices, or (ii) removable storage that is removablyconnectable to the servers or client devices via, for example, a port(e.g., a USB port, a firewire port, etc.) or a drive (e.g., a diskdrive, etc.). The electronic storages may include one or more opticallyreadable storage media (e.g., optical disk, etc.), magnetically readablestorage media (e.g., magnetic tape, magnetic hard drive, floppy drive,etc.), electrical charge-based storage media (e.g., EEPROM, RAM, etc.),solid-state storage media (e.g., flash drive, etc.), and/or otherelectronically readable storage media. The electronic storages mayinclude one or more virtual storage resources (e.g., cloud storage, avirtual private network, and/or other virtual storage resources). Theelectronic storages may store software algorithms, informationdetermined by the processors, information obtained from servers,information obtained from client devices, or other information thatenables the functionality as described herein.

FIG. 3 also includes network 306, which may comprise communication pathsbetween user devices. The communication paths may include the Internet,a mobile phone network, a mobile voice or data network (e.g., a 5G orLTE “Long-Term Evolution” network), a cable network, a public switchedtelephone network, or other types of communication networks orcombinations of communication networks. The communication paths mayseparately or together include one or more communication paths, such asa satellite path, a fiber-optic path, a cable path, a path that supportsInternet communications (e.g., IPTV), free-space connections (e.g., forbroadcast or other wireless signals), or any other suitable wired orwireless communication path or combination of such paths. The computingdevices may include additional communication paths linking a pluralityof hardware, software, and/or firmware components operating together.For example, the computing devices may be implemented by a cloud ofcomputing platforms operating together as the computing devices.

FIG. 4 shows an illustrative diagram for conducting operations in adecentralized application using blockchain operations, in accordancewith one or more embodiments. For example, system 400 may include userdevice 402. Furthermore, user device 402 may comprise an application(e.g., application 404) that is implemented on, and/or accessible by,user device 402. For example, application 404 may interact with one ormore other applications and/or application programming interfaces (APIs)in order to facilitate blockchain operations. For example, application404 may comprise a decentralized application digital wallet and/orwallet service that is able to sign and send transactions to transfertokens and/or perform other blockchain operations, as well as interactwith one or more decentralized applications.

System 400 also includes API layer 406. In some embodiments, API layer406 may be implemented on user device 402. Alternatively, oradditionally, API layer 406 may reside on one or more cloud components(e.g., server 408). For example, API layer 406 may reside on a server408 and comprise a platform service for a custodial wallet service,decentralized application, etc. API layer 406 (which may be a REST orweb services API layer) may provide a decoupled interface to data and/orfunctionality of one or more applications.

API layer 406 may provide various low-level and/or blockchain-specificoperations in order to facilitate blockchain operations. For example,API layer 406 may provide blockchain operations such as blockchainwrites. Furthermore, API layer 406 may perform a transfer validationahead of forwarding the blockchain operation (e.g., a transaction) toanother service (e.g., a crypto service). API layer 406 may then log theoutcome. For example, by logging to the blockchain prior to forwarding,the API layer 406 may maintain internal records and balances withoutrelying on external verification (e.g., which may take up to ten minutesbased on blockchain updating activity).

API layer 406 may also provide informational reads. For example, APIlayer 406 (or a platform service powered by API layer 406) may generateblockchain operation logs and write to an additional ledger (e.g., aninternal record and/or indexer service) the outcome of the reads. Ifthis is done, a user accessing the information through other means maysee consistent information such that downstream users ingest the samedata point as the user.

API layer 406 may also provide a unified API to access balances,transaction histories, and/or other blockchain operations activityrecords between one or more decentralized applications and custodialuser accounts. By doing so, the system maintains the security ofsensitive information such as the balances and transaction history.Alternatively, a mechanism for maintaining such security would separatethe API access between the decentralized applications and custodial useraccounts through the use of special logic. The introduction of thespecial logic decreases the streamlining of the system, which may resultin system errors based on divergence and reconciliation.

API layer 406 may provide a common, language-agnostic way of interactingwith an application. In some embodiments, API layer 406 may comprise aweb services API that offers a well-defined contract that describes theservices in terms of their operations and the data types used toexchange information. REST (Representational state transfer) APIs do nottypically have this contract; instead, they are documented with clientlibraries for most common languages including Ruby, Java, PHP, andJavaScript. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) web services havetraditionally been adopted in the enterprise for publishing internalservices, as well as for exchanging information with partners inbusiness-to-business (B2B) transactions.

API layer 406 may use various architectural arrangements. For example,system 400 may be partially based on API layer 406, such that there isstrong adoption of SOAP and RESTful web services, using resources suchas Service Repository and Developer Portal, but with low governance,standardization, and separation of concerns. Alternatively, system 400may be fully based on API layer 406, such that separation of concernsbetween layers such as API layer 406, services, and applications are inplace.

In some embodiments, the system architecture may use a microserviceapproach. Such systems may use two types of layers: front-end layers andback-end layers, where microservices reside. In this kind ofarchitecture, the role of the API layer 406 may be to provideintegration between front-end and back-end layers. In such cases, APIlayer 406 may use RESTful APIs (exposition to front-end or evencommunication between microservices). API layer 406 may use the AdvancedMessage Queuing Protocol (AMQP), which is an open standard for passingbusiness messages between applications or organizations. API layer 406may use an open-source, high-performance remote procedure call (RPC)framework that may run in a decentralized application environment. Insome embodiments, the system architecture may use an open API approach.In such cases, API layer 406 may use commercial or open-source APIplatforms and their modules. API layer 406 may use a developer portal.API layer 406 may use strong security constraints applying a webapplication firewall that protects the decentralized applications and/orAPI layer 406 against common web exploits, bots, and denial-of-service(DDoS) attacks. API layer 406 may use RESTful APIs as standard forexternal integration.

As shown in FIG. 4 , system 400 may use API layer 406 to communicatewith and/or facilitate blockchain operations with server 408. Forexample, server 408 may represent a custodial platform for blockchainoperations. A custodial platform may manage private keys stored by acentralized service provider (e.g., server 408). In such cases, server408 may interact with blockchain 410, a wallet service for blockchain410, an indexer service for blockchain 410 (e.g., as described in FIG. 5), and/or other platform services.

For example, a wallet service may comprise an application and/or asoftware-based system that securely stores users' payment information,private keys, and/or passwords facilitating blockchain operations withwebsites, nodes, and/or other devices. In some embodiments, a walletservice may also provide additional ledger access (e.g., a secondledger). Furthermore, as discussed above, this second ledger may receiveupdates directly from API layer 406, as opposed to relying on datapulled directly from blockchain 410.

For example, system 400 may maintain its records (e.g., both live andfor accounting) in good order separate from balances on blockchain 410.That is, system 400 may maintain an architecture featuring the secondledger, where balances are stored and updated, and the logs ofblockchain operations. While conventional systems may rely on directlyreferencing blockchain 410, since the blockchain is the source of truthfor the system, however, such reliance leads to additional technicalproblems.

First, there is a strong likelihood of impedance mismatch between aformat for a platform service and the APIs used to retrieve data fromthe blockchain (e.g., which may lead to accounting imbalances). Forexample, system 400 may need to be able to generate accounting entriesreflecting changes of balances. However, while changes of balances canbe tracked by examining blockchain 410, this requires additionalprocessing and computational power.

Second, accounting changes in a blockchain architecture should beirreversible. This is achieved in practice for current blockchainoperations by waiting for a variable number of confirmations from theblockchain (e.g., blockchain 410). By waiting for the variable number ofconfirmations, the likelihood of an error in the blockchain becomesinfinitesimally small. However, while blockchain services rely on thismethodology, this is not a rule inherent to the blockchain itself. Thatis, the blockchain does not have an inherent authentication mechanismthat is dependent on a number of confirmations. Instead, the blockchainrelies on an absolute system— blockchain operations are either recordedon a particular node or they are not.

As such, forks in the blockchain are always possible. In the case of afork, system 400 may not follow the “right” fork for an undeterminedamount of time. If that happens, and if, for the purpose of a custodialdigital wallet, system 400 decides to move from one fork to another,system 400 may have a more straightforward mechanism to maintain anaccurate history of a user account's positions if system 400 stores themindependently from a given blockchain. Furthermore, in case of forks,system 400 performs some internal remediation on user accounts, which isenabled by system 400 maintaining a layer of insulation from theblockchain for remedial blockchain operations. For example, system 400may have a separate storage, protected by the second ledger (e.g., aledger service), for reads, and by a transfer service, for writes, thatreflect the state of the blockchain that is relevant for system 400purposes.

FIG. 5 shows an illustrative diagram for a blockchain indexer, inaccordance with one or more embodiments. For example, in someembodiments, the system may use indexer service 500 to facilitateblockchain operations. Indexer service 500 may fetch raw data (e.g.,data related to a current state and/or instance of blockchain 502) froma node of a blockchain network (e.g., as described above). Indexerservice 500 may then process the data and store it in a database and/ordata structure in an efficient way to provide quick access to the data.For example, indexer 504 may publish and/or record a subset ofblockchain operations that occur for blockchain 502. Accordingly, forsubsequent blockchain operations, indexer service 500 may reference theindex at indexer 504 as opposed to a node of blockchain 502 to providevarious services at user device 506.

For example, indexer 504 may store a predetermined list of blockchainoperations to monitor for and/or record in an index. These may includeblockchain operations (e.g., “operation included,” “operation removed,”“operation finalized”) related to a given type of blockchain operation(e.g., “transaction,” “external transfer,” internal transfer,” “newcontract metadata,” “ownership change,” etc.), as well as blockchainoperations related to a given protocol, protocol subgroup, and/or othercharacteristic (e.g., “ETH,” “ERC20,” and/or “ERC721”). Additionally,and/or alternatively, the various blockchain operations and metadatarelated to those blockchain operations (e.g., block designations, useraccounts, time stamps, etc.), as well as an aggregate of multipleblockchain operations (e.g., total blockchain operations amounts, rateof blockchain operations, rate of blockchain updates, etc.) may bemonitored and/or recorded.

Indexer 504 may likewise provide navigation and search features (e.g.,support Boolean operations) for the indexed blockchain operations. Insome embodiments, indexer 504 may apply one or more formatting protocolsto generate representations of indexed blockchain operations in a humanreadable format. In some embodiments, indexer 504 may also tagblockchain operations based on whether or not the blockchain operationoriginated for a local user account (e.g., a user account correspondingto a custodial account) and/or a locally hosted digital wallet. Indexerservice 500 may determine whether a blockchain operation containsrelevant information for users of indexer service 500 by storinginformation about whether an address is an internal address of indexerservice 500 or one used in a digital wallet hosted by a predeterminedwallet service.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the steps involved selectively indexingblockchain operations, in accordance with one or more embodiments. Forexample, the system may use process 600 (e.g., as implemented on one ormore system components described above) in order to selectively indexblockchain operations by parsing raw blockchain data for relevant smartcontracts prior to executing confirmatory function calls.

At step 602, process 600 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) receives a first input. For example, the system may receive afirst input, wherein the first input indicates a first type ofblockchain network standard of a plurality of types of blockchainnetwork standards for detection. In some embodiments, the first inputmay comprise a first user input (e.g., an input received by the systemin response to a direct or indirect user action). For example, thesystem may receive a contract address corresponding to a blockchainoperation.

In some embodiments, the first input may comprise a known contractaddress, and parsing the first bytecode sample may further comprisedetermining a second probability that the first blockchain operationcorresponds to the known contract address. For example, in someembodiments, the system may receive a user request to identify ablockchain operation corresponding to multiple criteria, such as ablockchain network standard type, a type of blockchain operation, and/ora particular contract address.

At step 604, process 600 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) determine a first standard-specific constant. For example, thesystem may, in response to receiving the first input, determine a firststandard-specific constant corresponding to the first type of blockchainnetwork standard. As one example, the system may determine constantcorresponding to a specific standard (e.g., ENCODED_ERC20_DECEVIALS).

In some embodiments, the standard-specific constant may comprise acompiling of an indicium of a plurality of indicia of bytecoderepresentations that correspond to a first type of blockchain networkstandard of a blockchain network. For example, the indicium may be basedon stand-specific private constants that routinely appear in bytecodecorresponding to the type of blockchain network standard. For example,the plurality of indicia are based on the system retrieving a pluralityof bytecode samples corresponding to the first type of blockchainnetwork standard of the blockchain network. The system may then parsethe plurality of bytecode samples to identify the plurality of indiciaof bytecode representations that correspond to the first type ofblockchain network standard. The system may generate compilings ordecompilings of the standard-specific constant to generate an indicium.

In some embodiments, the standard-specific constant may comprisecompile-time values, which do not change after being compiled. Forexample, the system may generate compilings or decompilings of thestandard-specific constant to generate an indicium. The indicium maythen be used to identify bytecode representations in runtime bytecode.

In some embodiments, determining the first standard-specific constantcorresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard furthercomprises the system accessing the blockchain node. The system may thenretrieve a plurality of runtime bytecode samples from blocks on theblockchain node, wherein the plurality of runtime bytecode samplescomprises non-human readable text. The system may extract the pluralityof bytecode samples from the plurality of runtime bytecode samples. Thesystem may then determine the first standard-specific constant based onthe plurality of bytecode samples.

For example, the system may determine the standard-specific constantbased on parsing samples of bytecode know to correspond to the type ofblockchain network standard. To generate the bytecode samples and/orbytecode representations described herein, the system may use an EVMdecompiler to extract information from runtime bytecode and present itin a more human readable form. For example, runtime bytecode samples maycomprise machine code that is not human readable. The system may in turnuse a decompiler (e.g., Solidity) to format portions of the runtimebytecode samples into human readable text. Additionally, oralternatively, the system may generate the bytecode samples and/orbytecode representations directly from runtime bytecode (e.g., withoutfirst decompiling).

At step 606, process 600 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) generates a first bytecode representation. For example, thesystem may generate a first bytecode representation of the firststandard-specific constant. For example, the system may use anabi.encodeWithSignature function to generate a constant, which generatesa byte code output of the desired method (e.g., decimals( ).

In some embodiments, generating the first bytecode representation maycomprise the system determining a first combination of characters in theplurality of bytecode samples in a threshold number of the plurality ofbytecode sample and assigning the first combination of characters as thefirst bytecode representation. For example, the system may generate thefirst bytecode representation by parsing a plurality of bytecode samplesto identify a combination of characters (e.g., alphanumeric charactersin a given order) to identify the sample that corresponds to thestandard-specific constant. For example, a standard-specific constant(e.g., when compiled or decompiled) may result in recurring combinationsof characters. These recurring combinations may be used to identify theblockchain network standard types from the plurality of types ofblockchain network standards.

In some embodiments, generating the first bytecode representation maycomprise the system mapping portions of the plurality of bytecodesamples, locating a first portion of the plurality of portions, andparsing the first portion to determine the first combination ofcharacters. For example, the system may parse the plurality of bytecodesamples to identify a portion of the sample in which a combination ofcharacters (e.g., alphanumeric characters in a given order) identifythat the sample corresponds to the first type of blockchain networkstandard. For example, a type of blockchain network standard may resultin recurring combinations of characters and/or may result in thatcombination appearing at a given location. These recurring combinationsand/or at a given location may be used to identify the blockchainnetwork standard types from the plurality of types of blockchain networkstandards.

In some embodiments, assigning the first combination of characters asthe first bytecode representation may comprise the system generating arecord for the first bytecode representation, adding the firstcombination of characters to the record, and adding a location of thefirst portion to the record. For example, the system may generate aplurality of bytecode representations and may store each of the bytecoderepresentations along with information about the specific bytecoderepresentation to which they correspond, a type of blockchain networkstandard to which they correspond, and/or a blockchain operation. Thesystem may store this information along with information about thebytecode representation (e.g., a likely location of the bytecoderepresentation) in a record.

At step 608, process 600 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) may use the first bytecode representation. For example, thesystem may use the first bytecode representation to determine whether afirst blockchain operation corresponds to the first type of blockchainnetwork standard. For example, the system may retrieve a first bytecodesample. For example, the system may retrieve a first bytecode samplecorresponding to a first block of a blockchain network. For example, thesystem may extract bytecode from a block via a blockchain node. Thesystem may (e.g., using one or more components described above) parsesthe first bytecode sample to determine a first probability. For example,the system may parse the first bytecode sample using the first bytecoderepresentation to determine a first probability that the first blockcomprises a first blockchain operation corresponding to the first typeof blockchain network standard. The system may (e.g., using one or morecomponents described above) compare the first probability to a thresholdprobability. For example, the system may compare the first probabilityto a threshold probability. The system may then determine (e.g., withina given confidence level) whether or not the first bytecoderepresentation corresponds to the first type of blockchain networkstandard. In some embodiments, the system may determine the firststandard-specific constant, indicia, and/or blockchain representations(or probability thereof) corresponding to the first type of blockchainnetwork standard further using a machine learning model trained usinglabeled standard-specific constants, indicia, and/or blockchainrepresentations corresponding to the first type of blockchain networkstandard to detect the first standard-specific constant, indicia, and/orblockchain representations.

At step 610, process 600 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) confirms that the first blockchain operation corresponds to afirst type of blockchain network standard. For example, the system mayexecute a first function on the first input to confirm that the firstblockchain operation corresponds to the first type of blockchain networkstandard. For example, the system may, in response, determine that thefirst probability equals or exceeds the threshold probability, andexecute a first function on the first input to confirm that the firstblockchain operation corresponds to the first type of blockchain networkstandard. For example, the system may perform a STATICCALL function onthe contract address.

In some embodiments, the first function comprises a function with avalue argument that is zero. For example, within the EVM, STATICCALLfunctions equivalently to a CALL, with the exception that STATICCALLtakes only six arguments, as the “value” argument is not included andtaken to be zero. The function calls the child with the STATIC flag setto true for the execution of the child. Once this call returns, the flagis reset to its value before the call. As such, STATICCALL functionssimilar to CALL, but will revert if the called function modifies thestate in any way. Thus, STATICCALL functions present lower processingand resource costs.

In some embodiments, executing the first function comprises the systemaccessing an application binary interface and causing the applicationbinary interface to execute a STATICCALL opcode in the EVM. For example,STATICCALL is a variant of CALL that permits only non-state-changingcalls to other contracts (including itself). Any opcode that performsmodifications to the state results in an exception instead of performingthe modification. For example, using STATICCALL, the system may call afunction while disallowing any state change operation. If a contractdepends only on reading data from another contract, the system cansafely assume that a conflicting state change will not be triggered.

It is contemplated that the steps or descriptions of FIG. 6 may be usedwith any other embodiment of this disclosure. In addition, the steps anddescriptions described in relation to FIG. 6 may be done in alternativeorders or in parallel to further the purposes of this disclosure. Forexample, each of these steps may be performed in any order, in parallel,or simultaneously to reduce lag or increase the speed of the system ormethod. Furthermore, it should be noted that any of the components,devices, or equipment discussed in relation to the figures above couldbe used to perform one or more of the steps in FIG. 6 .

FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of the steps involved in indexing blockchainoperations, in accordance with one or more embodiments. For example, thesystem may use process 700 (e.g., as implemented on one or more systemcomponents described above) in order to index blockchain operationsbased on identifying unindexed parameters and other information in rawblockchain data samples.

At step 702, process 700 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) retrieves a bytecode sample. For example, the system may retrievea first bytecode sample corresponding to a first blockchain operation ina first block of a blockchain network. For example, the system mayretrieve bytecode and segregate the bytecode into portions. The systemmay then segregate the bytecode into constructor arguments, codesections, and/or metadata. The system may then parse the segregatedportions of bytecode for bytecode representations that are based onfunction signatures, event signatures, token standards, and/or contractaddresses.

At step 704, process 700 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) parses the bytecode sample for a contract address. For example,the system may parse the first bytecode sample to identify a firstbytecode representation corresponding to a first contract address. Insome embodiments, parsing the first bytecode sample may comprise thesystem segregating portions of first bytecode samples and parsing theportions for bytecode representations.

In some embodiments, parsing the first bytecode sample to identify thefirst bytecode representation corresponding to the first contractaddress may comprise the system accessing a blockchain node, retrievinga runtime bytecode sample from a block on the blockchain node, whereinthe runtime bytecode sample comprises non-human readable text, andextracting the first bytecode sample from the runtime bytecode sample.For example, to generate the bytecode samples and/or bytecoderepresentations described herein, the system may use an EVM decompilerto extract information from runtime bytecode and present it in a morehuman readable form. For example, runtime bytecode samples may comprisemachine code that is not human readable. The system may in turn use adecompiler (e.g., Solidity) to format portions of the runtime bytecodesamples into human readable text. Additionally, or alternatively, thesystem may generate the bytecode samples and/or bytecode representationsdirectly from runtime bytecode (e.g., without first decompiling).

In some embodiments, by parsing the first bytecode sample to identifythe first bytecode representation corresponding to the first contractaddress, the system may determine a probability that the first bytecoderepresentation corresponds to a potential contract address and comparethe probability to a threshold probability. For example, when generatinga bytecode representation that corresponds to a potential contractaddress, the system may further determine probability that the bytecoderepresentation corresponds to a potential address (and/or only onepotential address). The system may perform this by determining that onlybytecode samples above a certain percentile contain the bytecoderepresentation. By doing so, the system may limit false positivedetections of new contract addresses.

In some embodiments, the system may use the first standard-specificconstant, indicia, and/or blockchain representations corresponding tothe first type of blockchain network standard, further using a machinelearning model trained using labeled standard-specific constants,indicia, and/or blockchain representations corresponding to the firsttype of blockchain network standard to detect the firststandard-specific constant, indicia, and/or blockchain representations.

At step 706, process 700 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) compares the contract address to a plurality of known contractaddresses. For example, the system may, in response to identifying thefirst bytecode representation, compare the first contract address to aplurality of known contract addresses to determine whether the firstcontract address is included in the plurality of known contractaddresses.

In some embodiments, generating the first bytecode representation maycomprise the system determining a first combination of characters in theplurality of bytecode samples in a threshold number of a plurality ofbytecode samples corresponding to the first known contract address andassigning the first combination of characters as the first bytecoderepresentation. For example, the system may generate the first bytecoderepresentation by parsing a plurality of bytecode samples labeled ascorresponding to the first known contract address to identify acombination of characters (e.g., alphanumeric characters in a givenorder) to identify the sample that corresponds to the standard-specificconstant. For example, blockchain operations from a particular contractaddress (e.g., when compiled or decompiled) may result in recurringcombinations of characters. These recurring combinations may be used toidentify the contract address.

In some embodiments, generating the first bytecode representation mayfurther comprise the system mapping portions of the plurality ofbytecode samples, locating a first portion of the first bytecode sampleand parsing the first portion to determine the first combination ofcharacters. For example, the system may parse the plurality of bytecodesamples to identify a portion of the sample in which a combination ofcharacters (e.g., alphanumeric characters in a given order) identify thecontract address. For example, a blockchain operation from a contractaddress may result in recurring combinations of characters and/or mayresult in that combination appearing at a given location. Theserecurring combinations and/or at a given location may be used toidentify the contract address.

In some embodiments, assigning the first combination of characters asthe first bytecode representation may further comprise the systemgenerating a record for the first bytecode representation, adding thefirst combination of characters to the record, and adding a location ofthe first portion to the record. For example, the system may generate aplurality of bytecode representations and may store each of the bytecoderepresentations along with information about the specific contractaddress to which they correspond, a type of blockchain network standardto which they correspond, and/or a blockchain operation. The system maystore this information along with information about the bytecoderepresentation in a record.

At step 708, process 700 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) determines a known contract address. For example, the system may,in response to determining that the first contract address is includedin the plurality of known contract addresses, retrieve a first knowncontract address for the first contract address. Additionally oralternatively, the system may determine a first known contract addressof the plurality of known contract addresses corresponds to the firstcontract address.

At step 710, process 700 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) indexes a blockchain operation as corresponding to the knowncontract address. For example, the system may index, using an indexingapplication, the first block by recording the first blockchain operationas corresponding to the first known contract address. Additionally oralternatively, the system may index, using an indexing application, atleast a portion of the first block by recording data corresponding tothe first blockchain operation as corresponding to the first knowncontract address. For example, the data corresponding to the firstblockchain operation may include a smart contract (and data relatedthereto) involved in the blockchain operation.

For example, the system may catalog and/or index known contractaddresses. If the system detects a contract address that is not known,the system may generate a new known contract address. In such cases, thesystem may retrieve a second bytecode sample corresponding to a secondblockchain operation in the first block of the blockchain network. Thesystem may parse the second bytecode sample to identify a secondbytecode representation corresponding to a second contract address. Inresponse to identifying the second bytecode representation, the systemmay compare the second contract address to the plurality of knowncontract addresses to determine whether the second contract address isincluded in the plurality of known contract addresses. In response todetermining that the second contract address is not included in theplurality of known contract addresses, the system may generate a newknown contract address for inclusion in the plurality of known contractaddresses. The system may further index, using the indexing application,the first block by recording the second blockchain operation ascorresponding to the new known contract address.

When generating the new known contract address for inclusion in theplurality of known contract addresses, the system may generate a secondrecord for the new known contract address, add the second bytecoderepresentation to the second record, and add a second contract addressto the second record. For example, when the system generates theplurality of known contract addresses, the system may store the contractaddress with information about the specific bytecode representation towhich they correspond, the entity to which they correspond, a type ofblockchain network standard to which they correspond, and/or ablockchain operation involving the contract address. The system maystore this information in a record, along with information about theknown contract addresses.

In some embodiments, indexing the first block by recording the firstblockchain operation as corresponding to the first known contractaddress may comprise the system retrieving a first record for the firstknown contract address and adding the first blockchain operation to thefirst record. For example, when the system indexes blockchain operationscorresponding to the plurality of known contract addresses, the systemmay store the contract address with information about the specificbytecode representation to which they correspond, the entity to whichthey correspond, a type of blockchain network standard to which theycorrespond, and/or a blockchain operation involving the contractaddress. The system may store this information along with informationabout the known contract addresses in a record of an indexingapplication.

It is contemplated that the steps or descriptions of FIG. 7 may be usedwith any other embodiment of this disclosure. In addition, the steps anddescriptions described in relation to FIG. 7 may be done in alternativeorders or in parallel to further the purposes of this disclosure. Forexample, each of these steps may be performed in any order, in parallel,or simultaneously to reduce lag or increase the speed of the system ormethod. Furthermore, it should be noted that any of the components,devices, or equipment discussed in relation to the figures above couldbe used to perform one or more of the steps in FIG. 7 .

FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of the steps involved in generating bytecoderepresentations, in accordance with one or more embodiments. Forexample, the system may use process 800 (e.g., as implemented on one ormore system components described above) in order to generate bytecoderepresentations used to identify unindexed parameters and otherinformation in raw blockchain data.

At step 802, process 800 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) retrieves a first indicium of a plurality of indicia of bytecoderepresentations that correspond to a first type of blockchain networkstandard of a blockchain network. For example, the system may retrieve afirst indicium of a plurality of indicia of bytecode representationsthat correspond to a first type of blockchain network standard of ablockchain network. In some embodiments, the plurality of indicia may bebased on: retrieving a plurality of bytecode samples corresponding tothe first type of blockchain network standard of the blockchain network;and parsing the plurality of bytecode samples to identify the pluralityof indicia of bytecode representations that correspond to the first typeof blockchain network standard.

In some embodiments, parsing the plurality of bytecode samples toidentify the plurality of indicia of bytecode representations thatcorrespond to the first type of blockchain network standard may comprisethe system determining a first combination of characters in theplurality of bytecode samples in a threshold number of the plurality ofbytecode samples and assigning the first combination of characters asthe first indicium. For example, the system may parse the plurality ofbytecode samples to identify a combination of characters (e.g.,alphanumeric characters in a given order) to identify that the samplecorresponds to the first type of blockchain network standard. Forexample, a type of blockchain network standard may result in recurringcombinations of characters. These recurring combinations may be used toidentify the blockchain network standard types from the plurality oftypes of blockchain network standards.

Additionally or alternatively, parsing the plurality of bytecode samplesto identify the plurality of indicia of bytecode representations thatcorrespond to the first type of blockchain network standard may comprisethe system mapping portions of the plurality of bytecode samples,locating a first portion of the plurality of bytecode samples, andparsing the first portion to determine the first combination ofcharacters. For example, the system may parse the plurality of bytecodesamples to identify a portion of the sample in which a combination ofcharacters (e.g., alphanumeric characters in a given order) identifythat the sample corresponds to the first type of blockchain networkstandard. For example, a type of blockchain network standard may resultin recurring combinations of characters and/or may result in thatcombination appearing at a given location. These recurring combinationsand/or at a given location may be used to identify the blockchainnetwork standard types from the plurality of types of blockchain networkstandards.

In some embodiments, assigning the first combination of characters asthe first indicium may comprise the system generating a record for thefirst indicium, adding the first combination of characters to therecord, and adding a location of the first portion to the record. Forexample, the system may generate a plurality of indicia of bytecoderepresentations and may store each of the indicia along with informationabout the specific bytecode representation to which they correspond, atype of blockchain network standard to which they correspond, and/or ablockchain operation. The system may store this information along withinformation about the indicia (e.g., a likely location of the indicia)in a record.

In some embodiments, retrieving the plurality of bytecode samplescorresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard of theblockchain network may comprise the system accessing a blockchain node,retrieving a plurality of runtime bytecode samples from blocks on theblockchain node, wherein the plurality of runtime bytecode samplescomprises non-human readable text, and extracting the plurality ofbytecode samples from the plurality of runtime bytecode samples. Forexample, to generate the bytecode samples and/or bytecoderepresentations described herein, the system may use an EVM decompilerto extract information from runtime bytecode and present it in a morehuman readable form. For example, runtime bytecode samples may comprisemachine code that is not human readable. The system may in turn use adecompiler (e.g., Solidity) to format portions of the runtime bytecodesamples into human readable text. Additionally, or alternatively, thesystem may generate the bytecode samples and/or bytecode representationsdirectly from runtime bytecode (e.g., without first decompiling).

Additionally or alternatively, the system may determine that the blockscomprise blockchain operations of the first type of blockchain networkstandard. The system may, in response to determining that the blockscomprise blockchain operations of the first type of blockchain networkstandard, parse the blocks to retrieve the plurality of runtimebytecode. For example, in order to generate a plurality of runtimebytecode samples, the system may determine blocks of a blockchainnetwork that contain blockchain operations (e.g., transactions)corresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard (e.g.,ERC-721). The system may then perform a blockchain operation to confirmthat the first blockchain operation corresponds to the first type ofblockchain network standard. For example, upon detecting that bytecodefor a given smart contract includes the bytecode representations, thesystem confirms that the given smart contract is of the relevant typeusing a function that does not allow a state change operation to theblockchain (e.g., “contractAddress.staticcall . . . ”).

Additionally, or alternatively, when retrieving the plurality ofbytecode samples corresponding to the first type of blockchain networkstandard of the blockchain network, the system may generate a pluralityof sample blockchain operations, compile the plurality of sampleblockchain operations into a plurality of runtime bytecode samples, andextract the plurality of bytecode samples from the plurality of runtimebytecode samples. For example, in some embodiments, the system maygenerate the plurality of sample blockchain operations and use acompiler to generate runtime bytecode samples. By doing so, the systemmay generate training data from which the system may extract theplurality of bytecode samples from the plurality of runtime bytecodesamples.

At step 804, process 800 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) retrieves a first bytecode sample. For example, the system mayretrieve a first bytecode sample corresponding to a first block of theblockchain network. In some embodiments, the system may retrieve thefirst bytecode sample corresponding to the first block of the blockchainnetwork. The system may access a blockchain node. The system mayretrieve a first runtime bytecode sample from the blockchain node. Thesystem may extract the first bytecode sample from the first runtimebytecode sample, wherein extracting the first bytecode sample from thefirst runtime bytecode sample comprises formatting a portion of thefirst runtime bytecode sample into human readable text. For example, togenerate the bytecode samples and/or bytecode representations describedherein, the system may use an EVM decompiler to extract information fromruntime bytecode and present it in a more human readable form.Additionally, or alternatively, the system may generate the bytecodesamples and/or bytecode representations directly from runtime bytecode(e.g., without first decompiling).

In some embodiments, the first bytecode sample and the first indiciumare dynamical length variables. For example, dynamic string variablescontain character data of arbitrary length, which are in contrast tovariables of a set or static length. Internally, each string variablemay use a set number of bytes (e.g., four bytes) that contain a handlenumber, which is used to identify and locate information about a string.Additionally, or alternatively, string variables may use alphanumericvariables or character variables (e.g., may include numbers, letters, orsymbols). Variable length strings are a convenient abstraction that mayprovide easier initial programming and/or minimize re-formatting betweenapplications, particularly in decentralized application. Furthermore,the re-formatting that is necessary may be optimized to minimizeprocessing resources. By doing so, string operations are unlikely tobottleneck, and the system may provide additional versatility insearching for specific samples and/or indicia within those samples thatare known to be of a specific size.

In some embodiments, the first bytecode sample and the first indiciumare fixed length variables. In some embodiments, the system may retrievebytecode samples that are fixed length. For example, a system may storeindicia in memory, using a character limit. The system may then havefast, direct access without having to go through pointers and allowmemory allocation to be trivial. For example, a string field orparameter may be defined at a specific length, by appending the numberof characters to the type name. They may also be defined as variablelength by simply not defining the length. String fields or parametersthat are known to always be a specific size should be declared as theexact size needed. This will improve efficiency and performance byallowing the compiler (or decompiler) to optimize for that specificstring size and not incur the overhead of dynamically calculating thevariable length at runtime.

At step 806, process 800 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) compares the first indicium to the first bytecode sample. Forexample, the system may compare the first indicium to the first bytecodesample to determine a first probability that the first block comprises afirst bytecode representation corresponding to the first type ofblockchain network standard. The system may then compare the firstprobability to a threshold probability.

At step 808, process 800 (e.g., using one or more components describedabove) identifies a first bytecode representation in the first bytecodesample. For example, in response, determining that the first probabilityequals or exceeds the threshold probability, the system may identify afirst bytecode representation in the first bytecode sample.

The above-described embodiments of the present disclosure are presentedfor purposes of illustration and not of limitation, and the presentdisclosure is limited only by the claims which follow. Furthermore, itshould be noted that the features and limitations described in any oneembodiment may be applied to any embodiment herein, and flowcharts orexamples relating to one embodiment may be combined with any otherembodiment in a suitable manner, done in different orders, or done inparallel. In addition, the systems and methods described herein may beperformed in real time. It should also be noted that the systems and/ormethods described above may be applied to, or used in accordance with,other systems and/or methods.

The present techniques will be better understood with reference to thefollowing enumerated embodiments:

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A method, the method comprising: receiving a first input,        wherein the first input indicates a first type of blockchain        network standard of a plurality of types of blockchain network        standards for detection; in response to receiving the first        input, determining a first standard-specific constant        corresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard;        generating a first bytecode representation of the first        standard-specific constant; retrieving a first bytecode sample        corresponding to a first block of a blockchain network; parsing        the first bytecode sample using the first bytecode        representation to determine a first probability that the first        block comprises a first blockchain operation corresponding to        the first type of blockchain network standard; comparing the        first probability to a threshold probability; and in response,        determining that the first probability equals or exceeds the        threshold probability, executing a first function on the first        block to confirm that the first blockchain operation corresponds        to the first type of blockchain network standard.    -   2. A method, the method comprising: receiving a first input,        wherein the first input indicates a first type of blockchain        network standard of a plurality of types of blockchain network        standards for detection; in response to receiving the first        input, determining a first standard-specific constant        corresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard,        including: generating a first bytecode representation of the        first standard-specific constant; and using the first bytecode        representation to determine whether a first blockchain operation        corresponds to the first type of blockchain network standard,        including: executing a first function on the first input to        confirm that the first blockchain operation corresponds to the        first type of blockchain network standard.    -   3. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        the standard-specific constant comprises a compiling of an        indicium of a plurality of indicia of bytecode representations        that correspond to a first type of blockchain network standard        of a blockchain network.    -   4. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        the standard-specific constant comprises compile-time values,        which do not change after being compiled.    -   5. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        determining the first standard-specific constant corresponding        to the first type of blockchain network standard further        comprises: accessing a blockchain node; retrieving a plurality        of runtime bytecode samples from blocks on the blockchain node,        wherein the plurality of runtime bytecode samples comprises        non-human readable text; extracting the plurality of bytecode        samples from the plurality of runtime bytecode samples; and        determining the first standard-specific constant based on the        plurality of bytecode samples.    -   6. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        executing the first function further comprises: accessing an        application binary interface; and causing the application binary        interface to execute a STATICCALL opcode in the EVM.    -   7. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        the first function comprises a function with a value argument of        zero.    -   8. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        the first input further comprises a known contract address, and        wherein parsing the first bytecode sample further comprises        determining a second probability that the first blockchain        operation corresponds to the known contract address.    -   9. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        generating the first bytecode representation further comprises:        determining a first combination of characters in the plurality        of bytecode samples in a threshold number of the plurality of        bytecode samples; and assigning the first combination of        characters as the first bytecode representation.    -   10. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        generating the first bytecode representation further comprises:        mapping portions of the plurality of bytecode samples; locating        a first portion of the plurality of portions; and parsing the        first portion to determine the first combination of characters.    -   11. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        assigning the first combination of characters as the first        bytecode representation further comprises: generating a record        for the first bytecode representation; adding the first        combination of characters to the record; and adding a location        of the first portion to the record.    -   12. A method, the method comprising: retrieving a first bytecode        sample corresponding to a first blockchain operation in a first        block of a blockchain network; parsing the first bytecode sample        to identify a first bytecode representation corresponding to a        first contract address; in response to identifying the first        bytecode representation, comparing the first contract address to        a plurality of known contract addresses; determining a first        known contract address of the plurality of known contract        addresses corresponds to the first contract address; and        indexing, using an indexing application, at least a portion of        the first block by recording data corresponding to the first        blockchain operation as corresponding to the first known        contract address.    -   13. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        the method is for indexing blockchain operations based on        identifying unindexed parameters and other information in raw        blockchain data samples.    -   14. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        parsing the first bytecode sample further comprises: segregating        portions of first bytecode samples; and parsing the portions for        bytecode representations.    -   15. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        indexing the first block by recording the first blockchain        operation as corresponding to the first known contract address        further comprises: retrieving a first record for the first known        contract address; and adding the first blockchain operation to        the first record.    -   16. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, further        comprising: retrieving a second bytecode sample corresponding to        a second blockchain operation in the first block of the        blockchain network; parsing the second bytecode sample to        identify a second bytecode representation corresponding to a        second contract address; in response to identifying the second        bytecode representation, comparing the second contract address        to the plurality of known contract addresses to determine        whether the second contract address is included in the plurality        of known contract addresses; in response to determining that the        second contract address is not included in the plurality of        known contract addresses, generating a new known contract        address for inclusion in the plurality of known contract        addresses; and further indexing, using the indexing application,        the first block by recording the second blockchain operation as        corresponding to the new known contract address.    -   17. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        generating the new known contract address for inclusion in the        plurality of known contract addresses further comprises:        generating a second record for the new known contract address;        adding the second bytecode representation to the second record;        and adding the second contract address to the second record.    -   18. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        parsing the first bytecode sample to identify the first bytecode        representation corresponding to the first contract address        further comprises: accessing a blockchain node; retrieving a        runtime bytecode sample from a block on the blockchain node,        wherein the runtime bytecode sample comprises non-human readable        text; and extracting the first bytecode sample from the runtime        bytecode sample.    -   19. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        parsing the first bytecode sample to identify the first bytecode        representation corresponding to the first contract address        further comprises: determining a probability that the first        bytecode representation corresponds to a potential contract        address; and comparing the probability to a threshold        probability.    -   20. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        generating the first bytecode representation further comprises:        determining a first combination of characters in the plurality        of bytecode samples in a threshold number of a plurality of        bytecode samples corresponding to the first known contract        address; and assigning the first combination of characters as        the first bytecode representation.    -   21. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        generating the first bytecode representation further comprises:        mapping portions of the plurality of bytecode samples; locating        a first portion of the first bytecode sample; and parsing the        first portion to determine the first combination of characters.    -   22. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        assigning the first combination of characters as the first        bytecode representation further comprises: generating a record        for the first bytecode representation; adding the first        combination of characters to the record; and adding a location        of the first portion to the record.    -   23. A method, the method comprising: retrieving a first indicium        of a plurality of indicia of bytecode representations that        correspond to a first type of blockchain network standard of a        blockchain network, wherein the plurality of indicia is based        on: retrieving a plurality of bytecode samples corresponding to        the first type of blockchain network standard of the blockchain        network; and parsing the plurality of bytecode samples to        identify the plurality of indicia of bytecode representations        that correspond to the first type of blockchain network        standard; retrieving a first bytecode sample corresponding to a        first block of the blockchain network; comparing the first        indicium to the first bytecode sample to determine a first        probability that the first block comprises a first bytecode        representation corresponding to the first type of blockchain        network standard; comparing the first probability to a threshold        probability; and in response, determining that the first        probability equals or exceeds the threshold probability,        identifying a first bytecode representation in the first        bytecode sample.    -   24. The method of the preceding embodiment, wherein the method        is for generating bytecode representations used to identifying        unindexed parameters and other information in raw blockchain        data.    -   25. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        retrieving the plurality of bytecode samples corresponding to        the first type of blockchain network standard of the blockchain        network further comprises: accessing a blockchain node;        retrieving a plurality of runtime bytecode samples from blocks        on the blockchain node, wherein the plurality of runtime        bytecode samples comprises non-human readable text; and        extracting the plurality of bytecode samples from the plurality        of runtime bytecode samples.    -   26. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, further        comprising: determining that the blocks comprise blockchain        operations of the first type of blockchain network standard; and        in response to determining that the blocks comprise blockchain        operations of the first type of blockchain network standard,        parsing the blocks to retrieve the plurality of runtime bytecode        samples.    -   27. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        retrieving the plurality of bytecode samples corresponding to        the first type of blockchain network standard of the blockchain        network further comprises: generating a plurality of sample        blockchain operations; compiling the plurality of sample        blockchain operations into a plurality of runtime bytecode        samples; and extracting the plurality of bytecode samples from        the plurality of runtime bytecode samples.    -   28. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        retrieving the first bytecode sample corresponding to the first        block of the blockchain network further comprises: accessing a        blockchain node; retrieving a first runtime bytecode sample from        the blockchain node; and extracting the first bytecode sample        from the first runtime bytecode sample, wherein extracting the        first bytecode sample from the first runtime bytecode sample        comprises formatting a portion of the first runtime bytecode        sample into human readable text.    -   29. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        the first bytecode sample and the first indicium are dynamical        length variables.    -   30. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        the first bytecode sample and the first indicium are fixed        length variables.    -   31. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        parsing the plurality of bytecode samples to identify the        plurality of indicia of bytecode representations that correspond        to the first type of blockchain network standard further        comprises: determining a first combination of characters in the        plurality of bytecode samples in a threshold number of the        plurality of bytecode samples; and assigning the first        combination of characters as the first indicium.    -   32. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        parsing the plurality of bytecode samples to identify the        plurality of indicia of bytecode representations that correspond        to the first type of blockchain network standard further        comprises: mapping portions of the plurality of bytecode        samples; locating a first portion of the plurality of bytecode        samples; and parsing the first portion to determine the first        combination of characters.    -   33. The method of any one of the preceding embodiments, wherein        assigning the first combination of characters as the first        indicium further comprises: generating a record for the first        indicium; adding the first combination of characters to the        record; and adding a location of the first portion to the        record.    -   34. A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium storing        instructions that, when executed by a data processing apparatus,        cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations        comprising those of any of embodiments 1-33.    -   35. A system comprising one or more processors; and memory        storing instructions that, when executed by the processors,        cause the processors to effectuate operations comprising those        of any of embodiments 1-33.    -   36. A system comprising means for performing any of embodiments        1-33.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system for selectively indexing blockchainoperations by parsing raw blockchain data for relevant smart contractsprior to executing confirmatory function calls, the system comprising: afirst cryptography-based storage application, wherein the firstcryptography-based storage application corresponds to a first privatekey, and wherein the first private key is stored on a user device; asecond cryptography-based storage application, wherein the secondcryptography-based storage application corresponds to a first partialprivate key and a second partial private key, wherein the first partialprivate key is stored on a remote device network, and wherein the secondpartial private key is stored on the user device; a blockchain node,wherein the blockchain node verifies batches of blockchain operations,and wherein each batch of the batches comprises a plurality ofblockchain operations involving the first cryptography-based storageapplication and the second cryptography-based storage application; and acryptography-based indexing application, wherein the cryptography-basedindexing application: receives a first input, wherein the first inputindicates a first type of blockchain network standard of a plurality oftypes of blockchain network standards for detection; in response toreceiving the first input, determines a first standard-specific constantcorresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard;generates a first bytecode representation of the first standard-specificconstant; retrieves a first bytecode sample corresponding to a firstblock of a blockchain network; parses the first bytecode sample usingthe first bytecode representation to determine a first probability thatthe first block comprises a first blockchain operation corresponding tothe first type of blockchain network standard; compares the firstprobability to a threshold probability; and in response, determiningthat the first probability equals or exceeds the threshold probability,executes a first function on the first block to confirm that the firstblockchain operation corresponds to the first type of blockchain networkstandard.
 2. A method for selectively indexing blockchain operations byparsing raw blockchain data for relevant smart contracts prior toexecuting confirmatory function calls, the method comprising: receivinga first input, wherein the first input indicates a first type ofblockchain network standard of a plurality of types of blockchainnetwork standards for detection; and in response to receiving the firstinput, determining a first standard-specific constant corresponding tothe first type of blockchain network standard, including: generating afirst bytecode representation of the first standard-specific constant;and using the first bytecode representation to determine whether a firstblockchain operation corresponds to the first type of blockchain networkstandard, including: executing a first function on the first input toconfirm that the first blockchain operation corresponds to the firsttype of blockchain network standard.
 3. The method of claim 2, whereinthe standard-specific constant comprises a compiling of an indicium of aplurality of indicia of bytecode representations that correspond to afirst type of blockchain network standard of a blockchain network, andwherein the standard-specific constant comprises compile-time values,which do not change after being compiled.
 4. The method of claim 2,wherein determining the first standard-specific constant correspondingto the first type of blockchain network standard further comprises usinga machine learning model trained using labeled standard-specificconstants corresponding to the first type of blockchain network standardto detect the first standard-specific constant.
 5. The method of claim2, wherein determining the first standard-specific constantcorresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard furthercomprises: accessing a blockchain node; retrieving a plurality ofruntime bytecode samples from blocks on the blockchain node, wherein theplurality of runtime bytecode samples comprises non-human readable text;extracting the plurality of bytecode samples from the plurality ofruntime bytecode samples; and determining the first standard-specificconstant based on the plurality of bytecode samples.
 6. The method ofclaim 2, wherein executing the first function further comprises:accessing an application binary interface; and causing the applicationbinary interface to execute a STATICCALL opcode in the Ethereum VirtualMachine (EVM).
 7. The method of claim 2, wherein the first functioncomprises a function with a value argument of zero.
 8. The method ofclaim 2, wherein the first input further comprises a known contractaddress, and wherein using the first bytecode representation todetermine whether a first blockchain operation corresponds to the firsttype of blockchain network standard further comprises: retrieving afirst bytecode sample corresponding to a first block of a blockchainnetwork; parsing the first bytecode sample using the first bytecoderepresentation to determine a first probability that the first blockcomprises a first blockchain operation corresponding to the first typeof blockchain network standard, wherein parsing the first bytecodesample further comprises determining a second probability that the firstblockchain operation corresponds to the known contract address; andcomparing the first probability to a threshold probability.
 9. Themethod of claim 2, wherein generating the first bytecode representationfurther comprises: determining a first combination of characters in aplurality of bytecode samples in a threshold number of the plurality ofbytecode samples; and assigning the first combination of characters asthe first bytecode representation.
 10. The method of claim 9, whereingenerating the first bytecode representation further comprises: mappingportions of the plurality of bytecode samples; locating a first portionof the plurality of portions; and parsing the first portion to determinethe first combination of characters.
 11. The method of claim 10, whereinassigning the first combination of characters as the first bytecoderepresentation further comprises: generating a record for the firstbytecode representation; adding the first combination of characters tothe record; and adding a location of the first portion to the record.12. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium, comprising instructionsthat, when executed by one or more processors, cause operationscomprising: receiving a first input, wherein the first input indicates afirst type of blockchain network standard of a plurality of types ofblockchain network standards for detection; and in response to receivingthe first input, determining a first standard-specific constantcorresponding to the first type of blockchain network standard,including: generating a first bytecode representation of the firststandard-specific constant; and using the first bytecode representationto determine whether a first blockchain operation corresponds to thefirst type of blockchain network standard, including: executing a firstfunction on the first input to confirm that the first blockchainoperation corresponds to the first type of blockchain network standard.13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 12, whereinthe standard-specific constant comprises compiling of an indicium of aplurality of indicia of bytecode representations that correspond to afirst type of blockchain network standard of a blockchain network, andwherein the standard-specific constant comprises compile-time values,which do not change after being compiled.
 14. The non-transitory,computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein determining the firststandard-specific constant corresponding to the first type of blockchainnetwork standard further comprises using a machine learning modeltrained using labeled standard-specific constants corresponding to thefirst type of blockchain network standard to detect the firststandard-specific constant.
 15. The non-transitory, computer-readablemedium of claim 12, wherein determining the first standard-specificconstant corresponding to the first type of blockchain network standardfurther comprises: accessing a blockchain node; retrieving a pluralityof runtime bytecode samples from blocks on the blockchain node, whereinthe plurality of runtime bytecode samples comprises non-human readabletext; extracting the plurality of bytecode samples from the plurality ofruntime bytecode samples; and determining the first standard-specificconstant based on the plurality of bytecode samples.
 16. Thenon-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein executingthe first function further comprises: accessing an application binaryinterface; and causing the application binary interface to execute aSTATICCALL opcode in the EVM.
 17. The non-transitory, computer-readablemedium of claim 12, wherein the first function comprises a function witha value argument of zero.
 18. The non-transitory, computer-readablemedium of claim 12, wherein the first input further comprises a knowncontract address, and wherein using the first bytecode representation todetermine whether a first blockchain operation corresponds to the firsttype of blockchain network standard further comprises: retrieving afirst bytecode sample corresponding to a first block of a blockchainnetwork; parsing the first bytecode sample using the first bytecoderepresentation to determine a first probability that the first blockcomprises a first blockchain operation corresponding to the first typeof blockchain network standard, wherein parsing the first bytecodesample further comprises determining a second probability that the firstblockchain operation corresponds to the known contract address; andcomparing the first probability to a threshold probability.
 19. Thenon-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein generatingthe first bytecode representation further comprises: determining a firstcombination of characters in a plurality of bytecode samples in athreshold number of the plurality of bytecode samples; and assigning thefirst combination of characters as the first bytecode representation,wherein assigning the first combination of characters as the firstbytecode representation further comprises: generating a record for thefirst bytecode representation; adding the first combination ofcharacters to the record; and adding a location of the first portion tothe record.
 20. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim19, wherein generating the first bytecode representation furthercomprises: mapping portions of the plurality of bytecode samples;locating a first portion of the plurality of portions; and parsing thefirst portion to determine the first combination of characters.